Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal today said that there has been a decline in infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir in July (95) as compared to the respective months of 2006 (127) and 2005 (175).
New Delhi, Aug 29 : Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal today said that there has been a decline in infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir in July (95) as compared to the respective months of 2006 (127) and 2005 (175).
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, he said the Centre, in tandem with the State Government, has adopted a multi-pronged approach, to contain cross-border infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir.
It includes strengthening of border management, and multi-tiered and multi-modal deployment along the international border/Line of Control (LoC) and near the ever changing infiltration routes, construction of border fencing, improved technology, weapons and equipment for security forces, improved intelligence and operational coordination, and synergizing intelligence flow to check infiltration and pro-active action against the terrorists within the State.
Jaiswal added that the counter infiltration efforts are reviewed periodically at various levels in the State Government, including the two Unified Headquarters headed by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, and in the Central Government.
ANI